Best PlacesJolly, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jolly, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Jolly ranks 35,095th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Jolly
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Jolly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jolly ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of towns
- Cheap childcare$649 a month, better than 73% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 72% of towns
Where Jolly ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jolly
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jolly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $66,705; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Jolly's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jolly
Jolly's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jolly.
Who works in Jolly, and how
Work in Jolly centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Jolly
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Jolly.
What the weather is like in Jolly, month by month
Jolly sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 45° | 37° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Jolly
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Jolly
Schools across Jolly average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Pike County Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Pike County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jolly school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jolly measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Jolly against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jolly
Is Jolly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jolly ranks 35,095th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low disaster risk, and state infrastructure, and lowest on civic engagement and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jolly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,000. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $66,705 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Jolly safe?
Jolly is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Jolly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jolly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jolly represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Jolly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jolly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jolly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jolly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jolly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jolly detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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